Alex de Minaur scores a four-set win against compatriot Jordan Thompson to advance to the US Open 2024 men’s singles quarterfinals.
New York, USA, 3 September 2024 | Leigh Rogers
Alex de Minaur has produced his best performance of the tournament so far to defeat compatriot Jordan Thompson in the fourth round of the US Open 2024 men’s singles competition.
The 25-year-old De Minaur made a blistering start to the highly anticipated all-Australian showdown, which was the first meeting between two Aussie men at this stage of the tournament in 31 years.
De Minaur raced through the opening set 6-0, firing eight winners to one and conceding just 10 points, to amplify the pressure on world No.32 Thompson.
The 30-year-old Thompson, contesting a fourth-round match at a major tournament for the first time in four years, managed to work his way into the match and level at one-set apiece.
But world No.10 De Minaur’s big-stage experience showed, as he calmly fought back to close out a 6-0 3-6 6-3 7-5 victory in just under three hours.
“I’ve got so much respect for Thommo,” De Minaur said. “We’ve grown up together, he’s been like a big brother to me, so I really appreciate everything he has done for me. He’s a hell of a competitor, my Davis Cup team-mate and I can’t wait to share the court many, many times with him.”
This maintains De Minaur’s dominant record against fellow Australians in the past six years, having won 17 of 20 matches against his peers in this period.
“It’s just a mentality,” De Minaur said of the secret to his recent success. “A positive mindset no matter what, try to play every point, try to win every point and as always, compete my heart out.”
With this latest victory, De Minaur joins illustrious company as only the seventh Australian to reach multiple US Open men’s singles quarterfinals in the Open era.
Only two other Aussies – Pat Rafter and Lleyton Hewitt – have achieved this feat in the past 50 years.
| US Open men’s singles Australians to reach multiple quarterfinals in the Open era |
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| Player | Year |
| John Newcombe | 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1974 |
| Ken Rosewall | 1968, 1970, 1973, 1974 |
| Tony Roche | 1969, 1970 |
| Fred Stolle | 1969, 1972 |
| Pat Rafter | 1997, 1998 |
| Lleyton Hewitt | 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 |
| Alex de Minaur | 2020, 2024 |
De Minaur also becomes the first Australian in almost 20 years to advance to three consecutive Grand Slam quarterfinals, an…
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